IF you have a cat~~~
Whenever you go
walking in the night—
always remember
to turn on the lights,
because you don’t know
who might be sleeping
under the faucet
curled up in the sinknot expecting water
or something to drink. ~ms~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I woke up some time after midnight, thirsty.
So I walked into the dark bathroom, picked up a cup, and reached over to turn on the water.
Big surprise!
My hand bumped into something fuzzy furry.
I jumped back, my heart racing.
But when I turned on the light, I saw it was only our Siamese cat (Siri) sleeping happily, right underneath the faucet.
Totally unexpected.
We have had Siri for over a year, and she had never done this before.
What would have happened if my hand had not brushed across her ear, before I turned on the water? I shudder to think! The cold water on her back would have caused her to jump out of the sink in fear, with claws extended. And I, in the darkness, would have been wrestling with a furry night terror that I could not see. It would have been a howling scene!
New house rules — in the night, lights on before proceeding.

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About Mary Strong-Spaid

You can find me any time
wandering around in my own mind
gathering thoughts.

Yes, I should have known better
People don’t turn on the lights in horror movies….and it’s never good.
One night, when I lived In Hawaii, I went in to brush my teeth without turning on the lights.
So, I didn’t see the giant cockroach sitting on my toothbrush.
I just put the toothpaste right over the roach (not knowing), and then started to brush my teeth. Needless to say, when my toothpaste started to run across my teeth…well…it wasn’t a pretty picture.
I told the dentist the story a few days after that.
The dental assistant was horrified, but the dentist thought it was funny.
He laughed and said, “That poor little buggah didn’t have a chance!”
You think that experience, way back then, would have taught me the importance of turning on the lights….but no. Some of us are slow learners. 😉

Hahahaha!
I used to have a cat that loved to play in the litter box, right after we put in new, fresh litter. She would roll around in there like it was the best thing in the world.
Just a wee bit crazy. 🙂

Yes. Sometimes we have to search all over the house, trying to figure out where the cats went this time. The new thing is to sleep in the back of the closet, where an old sweater has fallen on the floor. I guess they think that sweater is theirs now …. ’cause they seem to be applying the “finders keepers” rule.

Do you have a Siamese cat too?
Sometimes my husband has a hard time seeing his computer monitor because of these “low-tech computer screen blockers.” If he is at his desk, both cats want to be right there with him—helping.
(Helping does includes sleeping. Because they aren’t really sleeping; they are multitasking. With eyes closed, they are thinking about viable solutions to any and all of humanities problems.)
Taking care of humans is exhausting work. 😉

Siri is in good company. My cat used to nap in the sink all the time and unfortunately for him, the first time we discovered this new napping spot was in the middle of the night so he did get a little spritz. Just slit open an eye, shook himself out and twitched his way over to a drier spot to finish out the night lol. Ah, memories.

He must have been very confident that no one and nothing in the whole wide world would ever want to harm him!
We adopted Siri a little over a year ago from the Siamese Rescue center. She was found, along with 4 other kittens, taped up in a box with 5 little punch holes on top, for air. So sometimes she is still a little nervous about things that catch her off guard.
We named her Siri—in honor of the lady who started the main rescue center here in Virginia. There are now several Siamese Cat Rescue centers around the U.S.http://va.siameserescue.org/webbuild.php

That’s exactly what I think would have happened!
And I was standing right above her.
In the dark, neither one of us would have been able to see what was going on….so (in my case) I think it would have been more of a howling experience (instead of laughter). 😉

Our adopted cat Sid has some of the oddest place to just lie down. He is a dark gray mix and in the dark you can’t see him. So if he’s in shadow you practically step right on him. Luckily he loves lying on high places like book shelves but when he’s hot it’s the floor. Sid says Siri is adorable and sends her a meow in greeting. He himself like to drink from the kitchen faucet. lol

Love this image and poem! I hope you don’t mind, I drew an etegami (watercolor card) of the cat. If you allow, I’ll post it on my site, and link to you. If you’d like, I’ll even send the original to you (etegami are meant to be sent, not kept). It was really tricky to try to get your cat’s gorgeous coloring!